Lunchtime Photo — Throwback Thursday
This is a member of the Royal Life Guard marching past Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen for the changing of the guard. They end up at Amalienborg, home of the queen, at precisely noon. May 18, 2012 — Copenhagen, Denmark
Three Maps Show How Fast Lockdown Fatigue Has Overcome Us
I’ve shown you this before in colorful chart form, but today the Washington Post presents it in even more colorful map form. These three maps show you how good we’re being about staying at home over the past month: We peaked on April 7 and have been backsliding ever since. By April 30, a mere…
As If We Weren’t Already Dealing With Enough, the Polar Vortex Is Back
Owen Humphreys/PA Wire/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.First came the pandemic. Then, the giant murder hornets. Now, a freak May snowstorm is set to blanket the Northeast, adding a new degree of absurdity to a year that can’t seem to get any weirder. The polar vortex…
CDC Guidance for Reopening Is Deep-Sixed by the White House
Behold the CDC’s guidelines for reopening workplaces: This was scheduled for release several days ago, but obviously that didn’t happen: The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus…
The One Line in the Supreme Court “Bridgegate” Decision That Sums Up Now
Alex Edelman/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Thursday, the Supreme Court threw out the convictions of key allies to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the notorious scandal known as “Bridgegate.” The unanimous decision was at once a jarring throwback—who can properly recall anything before…
How Do You Fight a Pandemic With a Mad King at the Helm?
Sony Pictures For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.These are bleak times. In the middle of a historic pandemic we are about to give up the fight and commit collective suicide because we are ruled by a mad king. Everyone is out to get me, he broods late…